Tag: Digital Archives Project (9)

LISTEN | WATCH | Today marks the 98th birthday of renowned American conductor Robert Shaw. Since this notable event also happens to fall in the middle of American Library Association (ALA) Preservation Week, we’d like to honor both occasions by sharing the news of Carnegie Hall’s participation in an innovative new project aimed at preserving fragile historical sound recordings, to which the Carnegie Hall Archives contributed an early recording that featured Robert Shaw on the Carnegie Hall Recording Company label.
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READ: In case you haven’t heard, it’s New York Archives Week! Sponsored by the Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York, Inc., this annual celebration of events aims to educate the public about the rich and varied archival collections at archives, libraries, and cultural institutions throughout the New York City area.
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What do Arturo Toscanini, Woodrow Wilson, Martha Graham, and Albert Einstein have in common? They all appeared at Carnegie Hall. As part of Carnegie Hall’s ongoing Digital Archives Project, you can uncover this information and discover a whole lot more, thanks to the new online performance history search feature added to the History section of our website.
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INFOGRAPHIC: What do Star Wars, Moby Dick, and cassette tape that stretches from New York to Philadelphia have to do with Carnegie Hall? Check out our Digital Archives Project infographic to find out!
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READ | PHOTOS: Museum Director and Archivist, Gino Francesconi explains how one of Carnegie Hall's oldest, most delicate, and most valuable items was restored and conserved as part of Carnegie Hall's Digital Archives Project.